Fear the beard! Not sure why Virgin Airlines would want you to fear traveling on its airplane, but apparently Giants’ closer Brian Wilson was the inspiration for Virgin to paint one of its planes in honor of Wilson and the Giants....

It doesn’t matter any when it comes to fantasy baseball, but we all know that defense is an integral part of the actual game of baseball. And, when it comes to defensive ability, you tend to get varying opinions. That’s because defense is not as easily quantifiable as offensive statistics are. So, when we see somebody like Bill James quantify defensive stats, we have to share them with you. Here are the Runs Saved leaders over the past three seasons at each defensive position. Top Defensive Players FIRST BASE Daric Barton – 26 Adrian Gonzalez – 18 Albert Pujols – 15 SECOND BASE Ian Kinsler – 46 Ben Zobrist – 43 Aaron Hill – 35 THIRD BASE Adrian Beltre – 48 Evan Longoria – 42 Ryan Zimmerman – 42 SHORTSTOP Brendan Ryan – 65 Yunel Escobar – 37 Troy...

In what may be the feel good story of Spring Training, Dodgers’ bat boy Francisco Herrera is being given a tryout by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Now, we aren’t recommending that you rush to your online sportsbook to make a bet on the Dodgers winning the World Series this year because of Herrera, but do think it’s a great story. Dodgers’ pitcher Jon Garland promised Herrera that he’d get a tryout after throwing with him during practice. Many baseball sites are reporting that Herrera is the starting shortstop on the Los Angeles Valley College team in North Hollywood, but we couldn’t find him on the Monarch’s roster. Ah, who cares? It’s a great story and if Herrera can keep making catches like this one, who knows? He is not, however, listed on our fantasy baseball shortstops sleepers for the...

Here’s an interesting video that we found on You Tube from Advanced Telecom Services. If you don’t speak Taiwanese, the commercial promotes the equivalent of a 900 number promotion for the upcoming baseball...